Category: January 2024

  • Monday, 8 January 2024

    My friend CW visits. It’s time well spent. I tell her of my concerns that the cancer may have spread and about my upcoming appointments. Near the end of her visit I get a text notification from the hospital changing my Oncology appointment from Jan 18 to Feb 22. That’s 6 weeks away! What is…

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  • Sunday, 7 January 2024

    The weather today is fantastic! Summer has definitely arrived. Susannah has arranged for Tm to come around and help us weed out the noxious plants in the forefront of our forest area. Tm is super knowledgeable and very handy at pretty much everything it seems so it’s great to have his help to get started.…

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  • Thursday, 4 January 2024

    I am hot, cold, hot, cold all night and don’t drop off to sleep until sometime around 6am. I wake up at 9am overflowing with immense sadness. I don’t know what to do or how to move forward. I make the decision not to go back to work in January. The uncertainty of my situation…

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  • Wednesday, 3 January 2024

    Back to cancer reality. Today is my right side axilla node biopsy. I took a zopiclone last night as I knew I wouldn’t sleep without it. I feel rested but still not 100% well. I tested negative yesterday but do another test when I get up. Negative. No Covid. That’s good. Off to the hospital…

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  • Monday, 1 January 2024

    I wake up in 2024! In the words of Nina Simone… It’s a new dawn It’s a new day It’s a new life for me, yeah And I’m feeling good These are also the words of Michael Bublé but Nina sang it first and I think she sang it better. Nina Simone’s version of Feeling…

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